CHIMAIRA: Drum Tracks For New Album Completed

October 25, 2008

Cleveland's CHIMAIRA has entered the studio in the band's hometown with producer Ben Schigel to begin recording its new album for an April 28, 2009 North American release via Ferret Music. CHIMAIRA is looking for label to release the new albim in territories outside North America (the band is no longer signed to Nuclear Blast, which released "Resurrection" in Europe).

Commented CHIMAIRA drummer Andols Herrick: "I finished tracking drums for the new record last night, and am quite relieved to be done. It was done in three days, with the first day was being half set-up and getting drum tones, and then hammering out four tracks that night. The last two days I did five songs per day.

"I always try to up the ante on each record, and I think there is definitely some cool new ear candy on this one. I can't say that it's as dramatic as the difference between 'The Impossibility of Reason' and 'Resurrection', where its the first time I attempted some blast beats on a record. The differences here are a bit more subtle.

"I look forward to the feedback on what everyone thinks."

CHIMAIRA will play its ninth annual Christmas show on December 30 at the House of Blues in the band's hometown. Tickets will be $9.99.

Commented vocalist Mark Hunter: "We're doing something cool this year where we'll be picking the other local Cleveland bands ourselves in kind of a 'sneaky' way. In the past bands have contacted us, but this year we'll be contacting the bands. We're looking to find some bands that have never played with us before. It'll be great: CC9, 9 bands for $9.99. Awesome."

Pre-sale tickets are available at this location.

CHIMAIRA has teamed up with Yahoo! Live to give fans unprecedented access to the band's recording process. Fans can visit the group's official web site, and if the "Live Cam" button is lit up in red, fans can watch and listen to the band in the studio and even chat with the band members!

Commented Hunter: "We stumbled across the Yahoo! chat thing and realized we could incorporate that with our band. It has audio, video and the ability to chat, which I've never seen another band use in the studio before. We can also do multi-cam. There will be glitches here and there, but that's life and that's the Internet."

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